You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
BARBARA BUSHNancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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